Wierd Science

As many of you may know, I am always looking for “new” forgotten places to explore. And, for obvious reasons, I prefer places that are in “good” condition — that is, as little graffiti as possible, and only damage caused by nature (or at the time the place was occupied). You can imagine how pleased I was to be able to shoot in this cool abandoned science lab in the former DDR (East German). I can only imagine the kind of potions old Erich Honecker — the last General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (now THAT’s a mouthful!) — mixed up in this place. By the way, several tubes and vials still had liquids in them; I wonder if that’s why I feel dizzy now? 😉 Better run back there to see if I can find an antidote!

Hi John. Thanks for that great compliment. If you look at my older HDR work, you will see that I, too, had a problem with illuminating too much of my images. I think it was only in the last few months that it finally clicked, so to speak. Like Rick Sammon says, “Light illuminates, shadows define.” I live by that concept now.